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Auction: 24019 - Stamps and Covers of Great Britain
Lot: 1019

(x) Great Britain
Merchant Mail
Incoming
From France
1590 (13 July) entire letter from Gio di Donere in Lyon to Bartolomeo Corsini in London, endorsed "porte" and charged "G2½" (2½ groats or 10d. being the rate for five letters) by Merchant Strangers Post as a single heavy item though perhaps including a fee for registration. A little heavily folded though an unusual and scarce high franking

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Sold for
£260

Starting price
£150